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PDBsum entry 4atx

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Hydrolase PDB id
4atx
Contents
Protein chains
426 a.a.
429 a.a.
310 a.a.
Ligands
GDP
GTP

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Key reference
Title Molecular basis for specific regulation of neuronal kinesin-3 motors by doublecortin family proteins.
Authors J.S.Liu, C.R.Schubert, X.Fu, F.J.Fourniol, J.K.Jaiswal, A.Houdusse, C.M.Stultz, C.A.Moores, C.A.Walsh.
Ref. Mol Cell, 2012, 47, 707-721.
PubMed id 22857951
Abstract
Doublecortin (Dcx) defines a growing family of microtubule (MT)-associated proteins (MAPs) involved in neuronal migration and process outgrowth. We show that Dcx is essential for the function of Kif1a, a kinesin-3 motor protein that traffics synaptic vesicles. Neurons lacking Dcx and/or its structurally conserved paralogue, doublecortin-like kinase 1 (Dclk1), show impaired Kif1a-mediated transport of Vamp2, a cargo of Kif1a, with decreased run length. Human disease-associated mutations in Dcx's linker sequence (e.g., W146C, K174E) alter Kif1a/Vamp2 transport by disrupting Dcx/Kif1a interactions without affecting Dcx MT binding. Dcx specifically enhances binding of the ADP-bound Kif1a motor domain to MTs. Cryo-electron microscopy and subnanometer-resolution image reconstruction reveal the kinesin-dependent conformational variability of MT-bound Dcx and suggest a model for MAP-motor crosstalk on MTs. Alteration of kinesin run length by MAPs represents a previously undiscovered mode of control of kinesin transport and provides a mechanism for regulation of MT-based transport by local signals.
Secondary reference #1
Title Template-Free 13-Protofilament microtubule-Map assembly visualized at 8 a resolution.
Authors F.J.Fourniol, C.V.Sindelar, B.Amigues, D.K.Clare, G.Thomas, M.Perderiset, F.Francis, A.Houdusse, C.A.Moores.
Ref. J Cell Biol, 2010, 191, 463-470.
PubMed id 20974813
Abstract
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